Improvement in riding attachments for plows



H. L. C ARRI NGTON.

RIDING ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS; No 174,618. Patented Ma'rch14,1876

N-PEI'ERS. FHQTO-LIYHDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D, G,

% flaw/7O M v 5. w QM MW HENRY. L. OARRINGTON, 0F GHARLESTOWN, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN 'Ribm'e ATTAHMENTS FOR PLows.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,6 l8, dated March14,1876; application filed v January 10, 1876. I e

.To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY L. GARRING- TON,of Gharlestown, in the county of Portage and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Riding Attachments for Plows,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification,reference beinghad to the accompanyingdrawings.

The nature of my invention is a slide to be I attached to aplow anddrawn in the furrow behind the plow, and upon which the plowman maystand and ride. j

Figure 1 is a view of the attachment. Fig. 2 is a vertical section.

The slide a, upon which the plowman stands, should not be wider than thefurrow made by the plow. The front end of the slide is curved upward,and it is preferable that the sides should be slightly raised to preventit from running under the soil upturned by the plow. It may be madeeither of Wood or thin metal. It is to be attached, by means of theelevis c, to the cross-rod, or'other suitable point at or near the rearend of the plow. The slide is connected with the plow by the rod 8 andthe to the tubular rod 0.

tubular rod 0. One end of the rod s-is hinged to a staple in the slide,and the other end enters the tubular rod 0, where it is firmly held bythe set-screw m. The clevis c is attached The rod 8 and tubular rod 0form a rigid connection between the plow and slide, so that when theplow is drawn back by the plowman the slide is also moved back out ofthe Way of the plow. The

distance of the slide from the plow is adjust-

